STEVE BIKO 30/30

2007 was the year in which we commemorated 30 Years since the death of Biko.
We organised two events for the community.

We successfully hosted the Steve Biko Commemmorative IsiXhosa Speech Competition with Rhodes University's African Language Studies.
The competition was open to all Grahamstown High School kids.

Click the link to read:
HERALD REPORT ON BIKO SPEECH COMPETITION 2007
http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/2007/09/19/news/n12_19092007.htm

The topic was simply on what the scholars felt the relevance of Steve Biko is today.

It was a wonderful memorable day where the standard of language use was very high.
And of course it was good to see all these young people speaking their minds so passionately and trying out their best.

We hope this event can go on in years to come.

The winning speech was by Mandilakhe Tukulu of Victoria Girls' High School.

One 16 September we kept it street-style by holding a street event in Fingo. There was drama, hip-hop, dance and poets. As usual we held dialogues and debate on Biko with prizes given.



FRSM

FRSM activities this year

This year has been a very busy year for us. Its the 30th annoiversary of Steve Biko's death so it hold special meaning for us.
So far we have

- Hosted a Rape Awareness Event focusing on Men’s Behaviour (1 May 2007)
- Formed a partnership with Makana SAPS through Police Forum, involves visiting schools in outer lying areas to talk about drug abuse
- Are trying to organise a Biko Commemoration Speech Competition to be hosted in conjunction with African Languages Department, week of 16 September 2007.

In addition to this we've been running around doing schools visits as usual.


We'll be out on the streets of Fingo again to host an outdoor event on the week of the 11-17th of September.

Peace
FRSM